Bloomsbury Family Law Briefing: January Teaser
By David Burrows
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Family Law
7th January 2021
Cases Bell & anor v Tavistock and Portman NHS Trust [2020] EWHC 3274 (Admin), Div Ct (1 December 2020) – When is a child/young person competent to give valid consent to gender change treatment?...
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Bloomsbury Family Law Briefing: December Teaser
By David Burrows
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Family Law
8th December 2020
Cases Moutreuil v Andreewitch (Contempt: Sentence) [2020] EWHC 3085 (Fam) (16 November 2020), Cobb J – Committal of Mr A for contempt of a freezing order. Six months imprisonment suspended and...
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Bloomsbury Family Law Briefing: October Teaser
By David Burrows
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Family Law
5th October 2020
Cases Re G (A Child: Child Abduction) [2020] EWCA Civ 1185 (15 September 2020) – F’s appeal allowed, on his application for return of a child (eight) to South Africa: interplay of Hague Convention...
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Conjugal rites and rights
1st October 2020
In this post I will be looking at some more of the curiosities of ancient matrimonial law, following my earlier post, Marriage in hope and expectation - but maybe not in law.
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Child’s permission to seek permission to apply for a section 8 order
By David Burrows
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Family Law
29th September 2020
Application to a High Court judge What judge does a child (Mary) apply to if she wants an order under Children Act 1989 (CA 1989), s 8: that is, say, where Mary wants to ask the court for which...
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Coercive behaviour and ‘stranding’
By David Burrows
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Family Law
18th September 2020
Some definitions…. Terms such as ‘coercive control’ and ‘stranding’ are used increasingly freely by family lawyers. Most of us have a broad idea of what they mean, but what do they mean in law? Under...
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Meghan Markle and her five friends
By David Burrows
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Family Law
11th August 2020
Anonymity and non-parties Though parties to family proceedings, and perhaps their lay witnesses, are entitled to expect anonymity in first instance proceedings, professional witnesses do not have the...
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Bloomsbury Family Law Briefing: August Teaser
By David Burrows
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Family Law
5th August 2020
Case Summaries Re KN (A Child) (Art 15 Transfer) [2020] EWCA Civ 1002 (30 July 2020) – Appeal of mother of disturbed 13-year-old against order that the proceedings should be transferred to the French...
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‘My solicitor told me to sign it’
By David Burrows
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Family Law
28th July 2020
Signing a statement of truth If a witness’s or a party’s statement – signed with a statement of truth – is said to be incorrect, or untruthful, can the witness or party blame the solicitor who...
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Release of court documents to non-parties
By David Burrows
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Family Law
21st July 2020
Principles for operation of inherent jurisdiction to order release Dring v Cape Intermediate Holdings Ltd [2020] EWHC 1873 (QB) (16 July 2020), Picken J is the next stage in the long-running case on...
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